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The word 'oucht'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ouchtOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.5214
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 457.1 13 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 156.9 5 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of oucht in Corpus

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North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ds, id seemed till her at she oucht till hev windered at is, but on page 7
"E oucht till be ashamed o yersel," sa on page 16
as if id thoucht at somebody oucht till speak, an no wan else se on page 25
Air oucht till be a book written aboot on page 34
till be managed? A suppose A oucht till eit or drink somethin or on page 40
Also on pages 43, 60, 75, 76, 92, 114
13 matches

General Central

Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
that case, no in nane othir, oucht to do or to conferme that sul on page 20

2 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
"He oucht tae b' affronted at eersel fu on page 93

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
if it thocht that someboadie oucht tae speak, an naeboadie else on page 27
rsel up an said, "A think yae oucht tell mae wha yae ir, furst." on page 45
wus gye doubtful whather shae oucht tae lie doon or naw on hir di on page 79
"Yae oucht tae hae finisht," said the Ki on page 111
"Thin it oucht tae bae Number Yin," said Ali on page 118

5 matches

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